Rubbin' A6 Avant

[TheRingmeister at aol.com]

I think this is before Audi realized that the standard 75-25 max split they
used on manuals didn't work quite as well with automatics.  Since then
they've lowered that max to 67-33 with slushboxes, and retain the 75-25 with
manual gearboxes.  Problem seems to have been solved.  **Note, the V8 used a
different setup than the A6's so it's hard to directly compare them, even
though they're both automatics.**

just an interesting tidbit picked up at one of the many training seminars AoA
sends us to.

Wylie Bean
Flow Audi
Winston-Salem NC
TheRingmeister at aol.com

.........Michael L. Riebs said:
> Anyway, I have a specific question, which has puzzled me ever since we
> got our first "later model" Quattro, my wife's A6 Avant:
>
> When she turns a sharp corner - slowly - something feels like it's rubbing
> or grinding. That never happened on my 1St V* and is not happening on my
> current V8 - both '90s. It almost feels like an American 4WD system, say on
> an Explorer, when you have the 4WD on, on dry pavement - but not quite as
> dramatic. What's up with that? Is something wrong? Should I worry? Should I
> have it checked? Or is that just how they now feel under those maneuvers?
.......then Andrew said:

My '95 A6Q Avant did this too. I believe it is just "how they work"
from that generation.
Neither of my '89/'90 Q's did it, nor does my '00 A6Q.
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Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)